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Located at Ghent, Norfolk, VA 23517 The Muse Writers Center is a literary center, and since the early 2000s, they have grown into one of the top-10 writers centers nationally, with a vibrant space in central Ghent featuring five classrooms, a semi-private writers room, a recording studio, a library, and an auditorium for readings and special literary events as well as art exhibits.
I am happy to offer online classes through their site at The Muse.
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Writing Coach (Hybrid*)
Achieve your goals with tools, support, and accountability. Rates and process variables with goals.The Month of Generative Writing (Hybrid*) (Contact for Rates)
Just beginning? Stuck in your process. Try this power boost to your inspiration. Four prompts each week, readings, one weekly meeting with the instructor with a review of the process and outcomes. The final goal - edited piece with suggestions for publication. Fiction or Nonfiction.Developmental Editing Short Stories (Contact for Rates)
Get traction in your work. Explore your story's potential and dive deeper into your characters. Learn methods to enhance your work by examining the basics - setting, plot, description, syntax, and other tools.Rates vary with length and response. Contact to discuss @ nhwilliard@nhwilliard.com
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No matter the weather, there is an opening for your creative expression. Your story is unique in all the world. If shared in writing or other arts, that connection inspires and encourages the artist and the audience. Do art!
READ -- from Persimmon Tree Winter 2026, under Resilience:
"Child of Crisis" by Nancy Williard
Class at The Muse Center 2026
Southern Noir to Grit LitSimply put, Southern Literature is complex—not Scarlett O’Hara’s plantation or Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County, but both. Recently, this traditional Southern Gothic literature has given way to Southern Noir, complete with sex, violence, and bad choices, as seen in works by S. A. Cosby. Another popular new genre is Grit Lit. Set in small towns with hard characters battling to survive poverty, prejudice, and violence, Grit Lit has taken off…